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Detailed record for Royal 20 D VI
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| Author |
Wauchier de Denain |
| Title |
Lives of the Saints, a French version of the Legenda aurea by Jacobus de Voragine |
| Origin |
France, Central (Paris) |
| Date |
2nd quarter of the 13th century |
| Language |
French |
| Script |
Gothic, written below top line |
| Scribe |
written by two scribes (ff. 1-98v and 98v-233) |
| Artists |
Morgan 92 Group; Leber Group; Potocki Atelier |
| Decoration |
60 historiated initials in colours and gold (ff. 1, 6, 10, 13v, 17, 20, 30v, 35, 40v, 41, 42, 45v, 46v, 48v, 51, 54v, 58, 64v, 66v, 68v, 71v, 72v, 78, 83, 84, 86v, 88v, 92v, 97, 99, 111, 112, 127, 128, 131v, 144, 153v, 159v, 161v, 171, 174, 176v, 178v, 185,187v, 195v, 198, 200v, 205v, 207v, 213v, 218, 220, 221v, 222v, 224v, 226, 228, 231v, 232v). Puzzle initials in red and blue with long pen-flourished extensions in red and blue. Marginal pen-flourished decoration in red and blue forming a partial border (f. 1). |
| Dimensions in mm |
330 x 220 (240 x 150) |
| Official foliation |
ff. i + 233 (+ 3 unfoliated modern paper flyleaves at the beginning and at the end, and 1 unfoliated medieval parchment flyleaf at the beginning; f. i is a medieval parchment flyleaf) |
| Form |
Parchment codex |
| Binding |
Post-1600. Royal library brown leather binding with the royal arms; gilt edges. |
| Provenance |
Unidentified shelfmark '3° y' (?), 15th century (f. 1).
Inscribed 'La vie de sains', 15th century (f. i).
Added inscription related to Henry VII (b. 1457, d. 1509), king of England and lord of Ireland, and Elizabeth [Elizabeth of York] (b. 1466, d. 1503), queen of England, his consort: inscribed, 'God save kyngge Harre / and kyenne Ellessabet' (f. i).
?Shelfmark of a very large number in brown ink (Carley's 'Old Large Number') '63', (f. i).
The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the Catalogue of 1666, f. 14.
Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. |
| Notes |
Translations of the lives of Martin of Tours, Brice, Ives of Provence, Martial, Nicolas, Jerome, Benedict, and Alexis were attributed to Wauchier de Denain (see Meyer 1906 and Thompson 1999).
According to Branner 1977, illuminated by 4 artists, of whom 3 are related to: 1. New York Pierpont Morgan Library 92; 2. Rouen, Bibliothèque Municipale 3016, former Leber 6 (Laber Group); 3. Warsaw, Biblioteka Narodowa 8003, former Potocki collection (the Potocki Atelier); the fourth hand remains unidentified. |
| Select bibliography |
P. Meyer, 'Notice sur le manuscrit 307 (anciens 851) de la Bibliotheque d'Arras, recueil de vies de saints en prose et en vers', Romania, 17 (1888), 366-400 (pp. 373, 374, 375, 376, 377, 381, 382, 383, 385).
Bertold Georg Vitzthum, Die Pariser Miniaturmalerei von der Zeit des hl. Ludwig bis zu Philipp von Valois und ihr Verha¨ltnis zur Malerei in Nordwesteuropa (Leipzig, 1907), p. 13.
George F. Warner and Julius P. Gilson, Catalogue of Western Manuscripts in the Old Royal and King’s Collections, 4 vols (London: British Museum, 1921), II, pp. 379-81.
Robert Branner, Manuscript Painting in Paris During the Reign of Saint Louis: A Study of Styles (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1977), pp. 58, 61, 63, 81, 123, 207, 209, 220, fig. 108, 115, 208.
Janet Backhouse, The Illuminated Manuscript (Oxford: Phaidon, 1979), pl. 34.
The Libraries of the Cistercians, Gilbertines, and Premonstratensians, ed. by David N. Bell, Corpus of British Medieval Library Catalogues, 3 (London: British Library, 1992), pp. 7, 9.
J. P. Carley, 'Marks in Books and the Libraries of Henry VIII', Papers-Bibliographical Society of America, 91 (1997), 583-606 (p. 606).
John Jay Thompson, ‘The Recent Discovery of a Collection in Early French Prose, Wauchier de Denain’s Li Seint Confessor’, Romance Notes, 38 (1998), 121-37 (pp. 121, 129).
Wauchier de Denain, La vie mon signeur seint Nicholas le benoit confessor, ed. by John Jay Thompson (Geneva: Droz, 1999), pp. 18, 62, pls. 1-2.
Sophie Page, Magic in Medieval Manuscripts (London: British Library, 2004), p. 8, pl. 3.
La vie Seint Marcel de Lymoges, ed. by Wauchier de Denain and Molly Lynde-Recchia (Geneva: Librairie Droz, 2005), pp. 14, 30, 33
Deirdre Jackson, Marvellous to Behold: Miracles in Medieval Manuscripts (London: British Library, 2007), pls 37- 38.
Royal Manuscripts: The Genius of Illumination (London: British Library, 2011), no. 78 [exhibition catalogue]. |
| Last revised: 06 May 2011 |
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f. 1
Simon Magus, Peter and Paul |
f. 6
Crucifixion of Peter |
f. 10
Paul |
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f. 13v
John raising Drusiana |
f. 20
James the Great |
f. 30v
Matthew |
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f. 35
Simon and Jude |
f. 40v
Philip |
f. 41
James the Less |
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f. 42
Bartholemew |
f. 45v
Mark |
f. 46v
Longinus |
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f. 48v
Sebastian |
f. 48v
Sebastian |
f. 51
Vincent |
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f. 51
Vincent |
f. 58
Christopher |
f. 64v
Agatha |
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f. 64v
Agatha |
f. 66v
Lucy |
f. 68v
Agnes |
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f. 71v
Felicity |
f. 72v
Christina |
f. 78
Cecilia |
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f. 83
Xystus |
f. 83
Xystus |
f. 84
Laurence |
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f. 86v
Hippolytus |
f. 88v
Lambert |
f. 92v
Pantaleon |
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f. 92v
Pantaleon |
f. 97
Clement |
f. 99
Martin |
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f. 111
Martin |
f. 112
Postumianus and Gallus |
f. 127
Brice |
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f. 128
Giles |
f. 128
Giles |
f. 131v
Martial |
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f. 144
Nicholas |
f. 153v
Nicholas |
f. 153v
Nicholas |
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f. 159v
Jerome |
f. 161v
Benedict |
f. 171
Alexis |
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f. 174
Irene |
f. 176v
Death of the Virgin |
f. 178v
Maxentius and Catherine |
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f. 178v
Maxentius and Catherine |
f. 185
Andrew |
f. 187v
Andrew |
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f. 195v
Paul |
f. 195v
Paul |
f. 198
Translation of Benedict |
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f. 200
Text page |
f. 200v
Maur annd Benedict |
f. 205v
Placidus |
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f. 207v
Eustace |
f. 213v
Patrick |
f. 220
Margaret |
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f. 220
Margaret |
f. 221v
Pelagia |
f. 222v
Simeon |
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f. 224v
Mamertinus |
f. 228
Mary of Egypt |
f. 228
Zosimas |
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f. 231v
Eupharasia |
f. 232v
Antichrist |
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